Inside the secret hall.
Zhao Xu and Fan Zheng sat opposite each other.
Zhao Xu said with emotion: "Ever since I witnessed the doctors reviving Hua Tuo's unique knowledge, and comparing it with Wang Anshi's reform, I can't help but feel deeply. Sure enough, as long as it is a good medicine, no matter how painful it is, people will still use it."
Compared with the meticulous arrangements of doctors' reforms, Wang Anshi's reforms are indeed full of loopholes. The operation for intestinal carbuncle is comparable to the torture of Ling Chi, but the patients still grit their teeth and endure it. Wang Anshi's reforms are said to benefit the country and the people, but the government and the public are boiling over, and the people are resentful. This is enough to illustrate the problem.
Fan Zheng bowed and said: "If you listen to one side, you will be in darkness, if you listen to both, you will be enlightened. If the officials can realize this, the Song Dynasty will be saved."
"The Song Dynasty is like a centenarian who has been plagued by various diseases. If it is not treated, it will be too late. I also asked Dr. Fan to help me reform and let the Song Dynasty return to its youth."
Zhao Xu stood up solemnly and saluted Fan Zheng solemnly.
He has always been in the palace, surrounded by Empress Dowager Gao's people, and even the officials are all conservative, and no one understands his passion, which is why he has a rebellious character.
But now he finally found a like-minded person, who was even one step ahead of him and became the imperial doctor Fan Zheng who was a successful forensic doctor.
Fan Zheng hurriedly helped Zhao Xu up and said: "The official family has defeated the humble ministers. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Is it not for the sake of the Song Dynasty that the humble ministers became forensic doctors? Today, the officials are called, and the humble ministers must die with dedication."
The two expressed their feelings directly for the first time, and they couldn't help but feel high-spirited.
"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Even a doctor knows this truth, but the princes of the Manchu Dynasty turned a blind eye. When I take charge, I will definitely wipe out the long-standing shortcomings and make the Song Dynasty no longer suffer the shame of Tan Yuan." Zhao Xu said angrily.
Fan Zheng looked at the angry officials. Fan Zheng did not follow the words, but asked:
"I dare to ask the official when he will take charge."
"Forehead!"
Zhao Xu suddenly felt like a duck whose neck was pinched and could no longer make a sound.
According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, when a man reaches adulthood at the age of fifteen, that is, Zhao Xu can become the pro-government at the age of fifteen, but now Zhao Xu is already sixteen.
Not only did Empress Dowager Gao have no intention of returning to power, but no one in the court mentioned this matter at all, which made Zhao Xu, who was full of hope, like a bucket of cold water poured on him. This created Zhao Xu's increasingly rebellious character.
"I will be in charge one day!" Zhao Xu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
Fan Zheng whispered: "If Wei Chen's guess is correct, the official family must be planning to return the power to the official family after the death of the empress dowager, or as the official family gets older, the empress dowager will take the initiative."
Zhao Xu was shocked and took a deep look at Fan Zheng. It was obvious that Fan Zheng had already mentioned what Zhao Xu had in mind. He was a young man. As he grew up day by day, and Empress Dowager Gao aged day by day, she would always be able to survive. , even if Empress Dowager Gao lives a long life, she cannot continue to control the government regardless of criticism from the government and the public.
"However, in Wei Chen's view, neither of these two paths is feasible." Fan Zhengyu said in surprise.
Zhao Xu was suddenly startled and looked at Fan Zheng in confusion: "Why?"
"The Empress Dowager is indeed suffering from many diseases due to her advanced age. If it were before, the government's hibernation strategy would indeed be successful, but now there is an additional variable?" Fan Zheng shook his head.
"What changes?" Zhao Xu asked in shock.
Fan Zheng spread his hands and said: "It's Wei Chen. Wei Chen became a forensic doctor, which made a huge leap forward in the medical skills of doctors. Serious diseases that were originally helpless can now be cured. In addition, the official family called Wei Chen as the imperial physician and responsible for the emperor." With the Queen Mother’s diagnosis and treatment, the Queen Mother may live a long life.”
Zhao Xu suddenly felt as if he was struck by lightning. He thought that the first way was the safest, but he did not expect that Fan Zheng, whom he trusted the most, turned out to be the biggest obstacle to his own rule.
"Then why not the second way?" Zhao Xu gritted his teeth.
"Does the official know about Renzong?" Fan Zheng asked again.
Suddenly it hit Zhao Xu like a thunderbolt, shattering all his illusions.
Song Renzong Zhao Zhen's posthumous title is Ren, which shows how highly the world thinks of Zhao Zhen.
However, after his death, even the enemy countries shed tears for Renzong. When he was a boy, he was in a very similar situation to Zhao Xu. He was also a young man who succeeded to the throne, and the queen mother also listened to politics behind the curtain. However, the queen mother Liu E did not delegate power until her death.
Fan Zheng sighed: "Doctors are the most proficient in medicine. They study good medicines and poisons. However, the biggest poison in the world is not as good as power. Even the Renzong family and Empress Mingsu are like this. How can the officials confirm that you and the Empress Dowager are exceptions? , Renzong's official family has waited until he was twenty-three years old. If the official family wants to take charge of the government, do they have to wait another seven years?"
"Seven years?"
Zhao Xu's heart felt like a knife. This was such a long time for a young man with a strong sense of loyalty. It was the greatest torture for him. Moreover, these seven years were also an uncertain time. What if it was longer or what happened? Changes, such as the emperor's uncle who often came to the palace.
"Wei Chen once said that history can be used as a mirror to understand the rise and fall of the world. The general trend of the world is that if it is divided for a long time, it will unite, and if it unites for a long time, it will divide. The seven heroes of the Warring States Period, Qin unified the world, the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty lasted for ninety-six years, the Western Jin Dynasty unified the world, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties lasted for one hundred and sixty years. In nine years, the Sui and Tang Dynasties unified the world, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms lasted for seventy-three years, and the Song Dynasty unified the world. But now that Liao, Song, and Xia have been the three pillars for more than a hundred years, officials think there is still much time left for the Song Dynasty." Fan Zheng asked again. .
Zhao Xu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. If we go by the general trend of the world, there will be a shocking battle between the Song, Xia, and Liao Kingdoms in the near future. The Song Dynasty is poor and weak. If it does not change its ways and strives to become stronger, it will probably end. The fate of Soochow.
Suddenly Zhao Xu turned his eyes, looked at Fan Zheng's calm face, and said in his heart: "Doctors always save people in danger. I wonder if Dr. Fan has a good prescription for my current situation."
"Learning from past mistakes and the guidance of future generations, I wonder what advantages the official situation has compared to Renzong's year?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.
"Am I competing with Renzong?" Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel guilty after hearing this. Knowing that Renzong's official family was the most highly regarded emperor in the Song Dynasty, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of himself.
"I am younger than the Renzong family when they succeeded to the throne." Zhao Xu thought for a while and said uncertainly.
Zhao Xu came to the throne at the age of ten, and Song Renzong came to the throne at the age of thirteen. He had more time to wait.
Fan Zheng smiled brightly and said: "For an emperor, the younger he is, the greater his disadvantage. After all, throughout the ages, no young emperor has been able to make a difference, and even ordinary families rarely have examples of young heads."
When Zhao Xu heard this, he couldn't help but look at Fan Zheng with strange eyes. He was obviously a young man, and his doctor's reform was successful. His article "Young Song Dynasty" made all the officials in the court feel embarrassed, but now he actively denied the young man.
Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Young people can be frivolous, but they must not be arrogant. The reason why Wei Chen is what he is today is all because of having a good father. He is rigid and stubborn, but he allows Wei Chen to act nonsense and abandon literature to practice medicine. He abides by etiquette and laws, and faces Even when the relationship was harmed by marriage, he still collected cases, and he did not hesitate to make enemies of the government and the opposition for his son's evil. He believed that a filial son would emerge from under the stick, and repeatedly threatened to break the legs of the minister, but never once did he do it. ... …”
As Fan Zheng was talking, he couldn't help but think about his father who was far away in Bozhou. Hearing the news that he had been called to become an imperial physician, he would definitely be furious. He threatened to break Nizi's legs while reading "Young Da Song Shuo". Face proud.
"Prefect Fan is indeed a good father!" Zhao Xu nodded slightly. Except for Su Dun, a sick man who became an imperial doctor to save his life, no one in the official family would tolerate abandoning Wen Chong. This rebellious behavior.
Fan Zheng changed his words and said: "And the official family also has a good father!"
"Father!" Zhao Xu was shocked when he heard this, his eye sockets were hot, and he couldn't help but think of the thin figure on the hospital bed, holding his hand tightly.
"The most correct thing the late emperor did was to let the Empress Dowager handle government affairs in court instead of to the Empress Dowager." Fan Zheng said solemnly.
Zhao Xu was silent for a moment. He understood what Fan Zheng meant. During the Renzong period, the Queen Mother Liu E was not Renzong's biological mother, so Liu E held power until her death. However, the Queen Mother Xiang was also not his biological mother, but the Queen Mother was the Queen Mother. But she is his biological grandmother, which adds an extra layer of ease to the relationship.
Fan Zheng continued: "According to medical research, there is a special emotion between the elderly and their grandchildren, which is called intergenerational kinship."
"Marriage across generations?" Zhao Xu asked puzzledly.
Fan Zheng nodded and said: "This phenomenon most often occurs in families where the grandparents personally raise their grandchildren. The so-called teasing of grandchildren is also called teasing. According to medical research, if the same mistake happens to sons, it will be the same as to grandchildren. , there are often different punishments, or even completely opposite punishments, which is the manifestation of intergenerational marriage."
Zhao Xu nodded slightly. Once upon a time, he was often around the Empress Dowager. However, as he ascended the throne and became emperor, the Empress Dowager became more and more strict with him. In addition, he had reached the age of pro-government, but the Empress Dowager He did not return power, which made the relationship between the two more and more distant.
"You just said that power is the biggest poison in the world. This is true for Wu Zetian's own mother and son in the previous dynasty. Even if they are separated by generations, they may not be able to resist the poison of power." Zhao Xu asked rhetorically.
Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Of course, although the temptation of power cannot be resisted, it provides the officials with the opportunity to govern themselves. The late emperor entrusted the Empress Dowager to handle the affairs of the court. One of her tasks was to train people for the Song Dynasty. Excellent next generation emperor."
Zhao Xu nodded silently. Although Empress Dowager Gao controlled the government, she was extremely strict with his education and worked hard to train him.
"Furthermore, the situations faced by Renzong and the officials were different. During Renzong's period, the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty were not obvious and were just unreasonable diseases. But now the Song Dynasty has become poor and weak. Both the people and the enlightened officials hope that there will be a The wise and powerful emperor led the Song Dynasty to become prosperous and powerful. This was an opportunity for the officials to force themselves into power." Fan Zheng said again in a shocking way.
"Forcibly pro-government! Are you trying to trap me into being unkind and unfilial?" Zhao Xu took a breath and looked at Fan Zheng in shock. Everyone knew that Fan Zheng loved to do evil things, but when they really faced Fan Zheng, Only then did we realize how evil Fan Zheng’s evil methods were.
Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "My father has repeatedly denounced Wei Chen as a treacherous son who wants to destroy his relatives. However, every time Wei Chen performs a great feat, my father is happier than anyone else. Su Dun is a waste of the Su family. Is it true that the great scholar Su Dun Don’t you care, now that Su Dun has become a forensic doctor, Su Daoshi will probably wake up from his dreams with laughter. Wei Chen and Li Qingzhao made a private decision for life, and Master Li became angry with shame. However, when Li Qingzhao’s famous poems appeared in the Li family’s outsiders, they became She is truly the most talented woman in the world, isn't Master Li proud of her?"
Zhao Xu was silent,
"As a descendant, you can be rebellious, but you must be filial. You can also be unruly, but you cannot be inactive. This is also true for the people, and even more so for the royal family." Fan Zheng said proudly.
Zhao Xu was thoughtful.
"If the official family just sits back and enjoys the success and waits for the Empress Dowager to take the initiative to return power, even if they try their best to govern, they will only be a conservative king who will be unable to change the status quo of the Song Dynasty." Fan Zheng said.
"If the official is wise and powerful, gets the praise and support of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the Empress Dowager, and takes the initiative to govern, then he can achieve great things. Does the official think that he is qualified to be an emperor now?"
"certainly!"
Zhao Xu nodded without hesitation. He worked hard all day and night, thinking about revitalizing the Song Dynasty and reforming the country to become stronger. Isn't that enough to be an emperor?
"When Wei Chen shouted for reform as a forensic doctor, dozens of classmates followed him. But now besides Wei Chen, who else in the whole court is following the official reform." Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.
"Yes! Yes..." Zhao Xu wanted to cite examples to refute, but when he looked around, he couldn't help but feel chills all over his body. He had a bad relationship with the Empress Dowager. All the civil and military officials in the dynasty only followed the Empress Dowager Gao's lead. Even He cannot be 100% sure that the personal eunuch beside him is completely loyal to him.
Zhao Xu's heart went back and forth, and his face was filled with anger, despair, and unwillingness.
Fan Zheng continued: "When the minister ordered Chao Yuan to be banned by the imperial doctor, he was equally powerless. Doctors all over the world looked down on the traditional Chinese medicine hospital. However, the traditional Chinese medicine hospital did the right thing and bought Qu Langzhong a house in Kaifeng and promised Zhang Youniang. Training female doctors, promising old age care to Mr. Lu, and using the future interests of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in exchange for the support of three famous doctors, we were able to break through the blockade of imperial physician Ling Chao Yuan step by step."
Zhao Xu nodded. He saw Fan Zhengbian as a successful forensic doctor, so he regarded him as a confidant.
"And the official family does not have nothing. The throne is the biggest back-up of the official family. Everyone knows how beneficial it is to follow the dragon's merits. As long as the official family allows them to see the opportunity, there will definitely be countless people like moths to the flame. , on the side of the officials. But the officials have abandoned their biggest back-up man. You only want to restore the new law and recall Xining veterans. However, the position of the court is a carrot and a hole. Every time there is an additional Xining veteran, the court An important minister in the court will lose his power. Who among the people in the court is willing to lose his power?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.
Fan Zhengzhi's words were so enlightening that Zhao Xu was suddenly enlightened. At this moment, he truly realized his situation. Just like Wang Anshi back then, he was surrounded by enemies. "
"Please ask Dr. Fan to teach me!" Zhao Xu sincerely asked for advice.
Fan Zheng replied: "Wei Chen suggested that the officials should learn from history and take the Emperors of Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, and Song as examples. Among all the emperors who have lived through the ages, only Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was in the most similar situation to the officials. No! The officials were more fortunate. No need. He endured the stain of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, but also faced a divided court. However, Tang Taizong was able to tolerate Wei Zheng, who had repeatedly offered suggestions to kill him, and reused Li Jiancheng's fierce generals. If the officials wanted to rule, they must also bridge the divisions. The old and new parties claim that both the old and new laws have mistakes, and they should eliminate prejudices, reconcile contradictions, and establish politics based on neutrality."
When Zhao Xu heard this, he frowned and said, "In this way, can the dispute between the old and new parties be settled?"
Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Of course not, but this will give the officials the opportunity to rule personally. You must become the filial grandson of the Empress Dowager and the king the court hopes for, as benevolent and righteous as Renzong, and as righteous as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty." Generally, you are a wise and powerful person, and you can only show your ambition after you take charge."
"Without a knife in the palm of your hand, how can you bring peace to the world?" Fan Zheng said word by word.
"I understand what to do!"
Zhao Xu was shocked and nodded slowly.
Fan Zheng sighed in his heart and said: "I'm sorry, Queen Mother. This is a powerful medicine to treat rebellious psychology. The ideal grandson you wanted is here."
As Fan Zheng said, power is a poison, but if this poison is used well, it can also cure diseases.
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